[Hiring] Field Veterinarian @ATLANTA HUMANE SOCIETY AND SOCIETY

Role Description

The Field Veterinarian serves as a mobile veterinary subject-matter expert supporting animal welfare operations, partner agencies, emergency and temporary sheltering, field response, cruelty investigations, disaster preparedness and response, and community veterinary initiatives. This is a remote, field-based position and is not assigned to the day-to-day operation of a single permanent animal shelter or veterinary clinic. When not traveling, deployed, or assigned to an organizational facility, the veterinarian generally works remotely. The veterinarian travels throughout the state and may be assigned to emergency or temporary animal shelters, community events, disaster-response operations, and any Operation Humane facilities based on operational need.

The veterinarian also serves as a field veterinary resource during cruelty and neglect investigations, large-scale seizures, natural disasters, and other emergency responses. Responsibilities may include:

• Lifesaving stabilization
• Triage
• Veterinary forensic examinations
• Documentation of medical findings
• Consultation with animal-control, law-enforcement, emergency-management, and animal-welfare partners

This position requires significant independence, professional judgment, flexibility, extensive travel, and the ability to provide veterinary services in traditional and non-traditional environments.

Qualifications

• Ability to perceive and discriminate visual cues or signals.
• Ability to communicate orally and utilize olfactory senses.
• Ability to exert very moderate physical effort in light work, typically involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling, and which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of moderate weight (up to 50 pounds with reasonable accommodation).
• Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, temperature extremes, traffic hazards, bright/dim light, toxic agents, or violence.
• Ability to travel overnight and for multiple-day events when deploying on cruelty or disaster-related operations at a moment’s notice. May include work on days, nights, weekends, holidays, and emergency responses.
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM or VMD) degree from an accredited veterinary program; Current license to practice veterinary medicine in the state of Georgia.
• Be able to perform simple and complex surgeries, including but not limited to spay/neuter, dentistry, mass removals, hernias, and enucleations.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain any required federal or state credentials associated with prescribing, dispensing, or administering controlled substances.
• Valid Georgia driver’s license with favorable driving record; insurable by AHS insurance provider.
• Ability and willingness to travel 50% or more.
• Ability and willingness to deploy to emergency or disaster operations when required.
• Strong clinical judgment and ability to make appropriate medical decisions with varying levels of available resources.
• Ability to work independently while maintaining effective communication with organizational leadership and partner agencies.
• Ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of a vehicle, tools, computers and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain professional medical records, technical documentation, and written recommendations.
• Commitment to humane, evidence-informed animal-welfare practices.

Requirements

• Significant independence and professional judgment.
• Flexibility and extensive travel.
• Ability to provide veterinary services in traditional and non-traditional environments.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Flexible work environment.
• Opportunities for professional development.